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PAGE roUIl 3 ir v VVr WV? -c Tht OIIEGON STATESMAN. Saleia. OrferonTaiy-Morning; ' Jnl 2t,lT32jYf;rJ D4iTl t'T' (Lit " wxVo Fopor Sways ff; tfa Fear Shall Aw9n : From First Statesman, March 28. t851 THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO. Charles A. Spbacvx, Sheldon F. Sackett, PubKthtrt Chailes A. Spracus ' - Editor-Manager .Sheldon F Sackett - - - - Managing Editor Member of the Associated Press The Associated Prim U exchiBlvetr entitled te the o fwjWji; Hon of all news dispatches credits to It or sot etberwlas credited la this paper i. - Pacifie Coast Advertising Eepresentatlves: Arthur W. Stypea, tm Portia tl. Security Bldg. ,Bao Franr-Jaca, Sharon Bid.; Los Anselea. W Pac. Bid. Eastern Advertising Representatives: rord-Parsons-Stecber. Ine New Tor.' JT1 Madison Are. ; . Chicago, S0 N Michigan Are " Entered at the Postoffice at Salem, Oregon, at Second-Close Matter. Published even morning except Monday Business off-rt tlS S. Cnmmrrrnl Street. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Mail Subscription Rates, in Advance Within Orpn: Dali, en Sunday. I Mo t cents; S Mo. $1.2 ; M lt, I rear I4.0 Blaewhere SO cents per Mo. or $5 OS for 1 rear In advanca. By City Carriers 'ti cents a month : $S.OS a year la advance. Par Copy S centa On tralna and News Stands S centa Bring on the Wrecking Crew THE state board of higher education had the chance by one stroke to end turmoil in higher education in this state, to launch its program of unification with some pros pect of its success, and to consolidate back of the board and its program the vast majority of the thinking ciUzenship of - the state. That chance lay in the appointment of Dr. W. J. Kerr to the position of chancellor. The urging of Dr. Kerr was essentially non-partisan and was prompted by recog nition of his supreme fitness for the position, his capacity as an executive in education, and his comprehensive know ledge of Oregon's conditions and needs gained through 25 years of constructive leadership in this state. The move ment on behalf of Dr. Kerr first started by friends who ap f' predated his ability and his service, spread over the state i and finally was supported by eminent university alumni and Jbusiness men of Eugene. Only a group of die-hard partisans opposed the selection of Dr. Kerr, but these partisan? won. The obstructionists on the state board of higher education held firm like an old guard and under threat of resignation forced the majority to withdraw from the election of Dr. Kerr. Now it is announced that the board will go east. Go east inrlood ! Thpv went east and eot a secretary. Dr. Lind say for $7500 a year. The university went east a few years ago and got a coacn, Doc spears at $u,uw a year; aim lrv xmhat thpv rnt ! On east indeed, and brine out some in nocent plastered over with Ph. here to further experiment on the nigner educational system of Oregon. Bring out some academic theorist endorsed by the educational hierarchy which heads up in Columbia university and we will soon have contusion worse con founded. TVio KTnfp hnarrl has successful! V muddled most Of its program. One reason advanced was because previous announcement naa Deen nmue wai, the board would not consider an Oregon man. But the board has back-tracked on every major decision it ever made. Like t Via trine nf Frnnrp it hravelv marched ud the hill on curric- ular reorganization; then marched down; and after a year shut its eyes and marched somewhere it doesn't know just TtrKoi-o The hnnrrl nhnlished comDulsorv military training; ' then restored it. The board forbade autos on the campus and Tuesday virtually reversed its stand by passing the buck. "The board lobbied for maximum appropriations at the last coaalnn nf t.h Teonslatiire. claimed it needed the money ; now " that over a million was lopped off by veto and referendum, the board claims the credit for great economics. The purported plan of educational reorganization is an administrative monstrosity. Nownere in tne worm win you the hoard attemDts to force on the in- ' otihifinnc in this state. There that it is almost inconceivable that the plan will work. You nfficp in Salem, with a secretary of apparently wide but undefined have a chancellor; then presidents on eacn campus, xnen -nu Via VP fnnftinTifll deans with jurisdiction on various cam puses, responsible to presidents, chancellor, executive secre tary, and board. The only possible chance the plan of the hnarri wrtuiri work wnuld be to have a man of the character . and capacity of Dr. Kerr to take full charge as the respon five nf the svstem. a man able to keep presidents - nd deans in their places and chaos. Bring in a new man and tne cnances are nine w one he will wear out his soul on the hedges and limitations which this academic blue-print imposes. If the board had named Dr. Kerr much of the agitation for consolidation of the two universities would have died out; now it will be instantly revived and on much larger coip Tho statesman has been oDen-minded on the Question of consolidation, recognizing . sides. The editor has felt that it would De oetter unaer lead ership such as that obtainable under Dr. Kerr, to go ahead with two institutions at Eugene and Corvallis, rather than to destroy the university at Eugene. But the narrow-mindedness of the board in rejecting the fine services of Dr. Kerr, recognized as one of the greatest educational executives in h ITnitpd States virtually forces the conclusion that the board is impotent to make its cational turmoil in Oregon will not abate under its adminis tration. Instead of going forward the board has definitely otirwwvlprl in hntrhinrr an fmnnssihle nlan of tmiversitv or- wswwvsws) vg mf - r a? - ganization, has multiplied duplication through making the lower division work identical, has stirred up rather than al layed bitterness and rivalry. It has effectually paved the way for the wrecking crew to complete the job of demoralization , of higher education in Uregon. mHP. rrrariA inwr ifVit f ullw X against Judge McMahan. None of these was an indict , able offense. A man may be a poor judge but that doesn't mean hp shniilrl hp finprl rif t Vi-rrwiTi Jnfrt lot Thp "cllflrffPa" should be presented to the electorate when the judge is a can didate for re-election and not to the grand jury which is wA.l ...1 il j i . mt m m a - wtniuui. auxnoniy or capacity to determine matters oi tnis character. The charfPS wprp AvrtrtA in Via Vioof ef o rHtJ1 - o ' vs a Miivvv sa vav s,a Vr w vs m vu campaign to counteract charges which the judge had advan ced against other elective officials. They suffer the usual w sui Bucn cnarges made the campaign is over the heat kicked out in the gutter. u ! aHl?lp.ate same nrfi;,?w?! 3Ud.ge made iwliS'S TTa uts.eq om Armies Ma w rHY does Eurone "Do awav w;fv, r fear. War u "v "f?w M war"? Because of ing theu you wfil find nothlns Tbut amies btea on . aad our history is ln4!a wZJat f" Vt. wKi aH cVrUuJva StwST bookB '4wls never reached." urw,nuoT " Waterloo, and whose end D's and turn him loose out for not engaging Dr. Kerr is such conflict of authority powers. You have or will establish order where now is the force of arguments on both . a 111 .plan succeed ; and that the edu rhfowr rnt thp 'hQrorp" marlp under such conditions, when dies down and the charges are result will follow with the ast other officials. The isn't interested in those months ago. ", ""ugn voitairesaia Danton respect- II Pxtifi CW-M 1 BITS for BREAKFAST By R. J. HENDRICKS Historic Waldo house: s The house in which the Daniel Waldo family and Judge William Waldo resided in Salem still stands. It stands . in two places. both near Its original location. S W. H. and Chloe A. Wlllson, original townslte proprietors, transferred to L. F. Ororer block 79, and some additional acreage. under deed recorded February 29, 18o6. Consideration, $1300. Oro ver, (afterwards governor, U. S. senator, etc.) deeded that block to E. J. Harding, under transfer recorded June 11, 1858; consider ation $1500. The transfer to Gro- ver was by metes and bounds. It seems that most such deeds of the period were that way, though the original town had been platted. Block 79 begins at the northeast corner of Union and Winter. Under a deed from Mrs. Wlllson (Wlllson having died In Aniil. '581. E. J. Hardin r acnuirnd tfi tract east of that block and run. ning to North Mill creek on the Daily Health Talks By ROYAL S. COPELAND, M. D. AN infant's akin is extremely sensitive to all irritations, both external and Internal. That is why baby's first bath should never be a soap and water Data, but rather of rood olive oQ. Subsequent ly b a thine should be done with warm water and a rood quality soap. Dry the skin thoro u ghhr with a very soft cloth, prefera bly of linen. A liberal powder mr should fol low th hath. Dr.CMMland and for this TrareoM use a rood grade of baby powder. Cheap highly scented talcum snouid noc be used, for the ingredients may prove to be impure and harmful to the baby's delicate skin. Rahtea freauentlr suffer from irritation where two surfaces of skin touch each other between the arms and the body, the chin and the chest, or between the thighs. This complaint is most common in 1st Denies. ics: ox care in keeping the baby dean, fnnH tit remova nromDtlv snv wet or soiled clothing, and as of coarse soaps in washing the baby or his clothes, are frequent causes of skin irritations. The baby's garments should be rinsed in sev eral tabs of clear water before drying, to make sure an tne xrma tinr soap is removed. . r. Mi! flotation around the buttocks, oil may be applied, A useful mixture is one part of cas B - i j Answers to ilentth Queries should a girl 17 years old, I feet 6H inches tail, weign saw a- -rbi IS years old, 5 feet f inches a TV SnnTJ Walt 1X0 and 18 nennda respee- trrtly as determined by examina tion ox a numner n pevy. , ' n O. Are the following foods fattening! . Chocolate- rye bread, grapes, FPle A LT MNVfitm rraaii title they are fattening, all except the itf flea. . In reasonable quantities thcr win savorr energy and nour- llahment without addmg to tho The Voice. of the "Pee-puW east and north. Including what is now Summer street, which had not then been opened. This trans fer was recorded December 22, 1858, consideration $500, and, with the purchase from Grover, gave Harding something like 20 acres of land, running from the northeast corner of Union and Winter north to the Wlllson dona tion claim line, and to Mill creek en the east and north sides, around to the donation claim line. m 'm September 23, 1865. E. J. Hard ing and Eleanor his wife deeded to Daniel Waldo the whole tract, that is about 20 acres. Mrs. Ele anor Harding, still alert and of good memory, attained the age of 94 years April 14 last, and her home is at Gervals, Oregon. She is the grand old woman of that section. E. J. was "Jenks" Hard ing, an early Marlon county clerk, brother of B. F. Harding, U. 8. senator and very prominent In early Oregon political and other tor oil and two parts of olive oO. After this has been applied, the parts should be dusted with a good talcum powder, preferably one containing sine oxide. In a few days marked improvement is usu ally noted. Prickly heat is another torment of babies during the warm weather. It may appear, toe, m cooler weather if thick woolen underwear is worn. The swelling of the skin shuts off secretions of the sweat glands of the affected parts. The treatment is frequent bath ing and the application of talcum powder. Your doctor may advise a laxative and plenty of water should be taken between feedings. If flannel garments irritate the af fected area, a thin muslin shirt should be worn next to the skin. Delicate, ill-nourished infanta may have boils, particularly on the scalp. In that case the general health of the baby should be im proved, and great care should be exercised in the baby's bathing; in its feeding: and in giving" it an abundance ef fresh air. Boils are caused by germs pene trating the skin. Internal treat ment should be prescribed by a physician, while a solution ef Boris acid may be used on the diseased skin. At times an excess of sugar in the feeding formula may help to induce this condition. In breast feel children it has been traced to tne mother's excessive candy eas ing. During teething, especially la nervous children, various abnormal skin conditions may develop. A prudent mother will be careful to rive her child only the simplest food and will see that the bowels and kidneys, as well as the skin, are acting normally. TJ. U. I am 81 yean oU and get hot spells. They art usually worn ta the morning and my hands feel numb when they start Sometimes my boos Meedo, What would you advise t Ay Tor full particulars restate your question and send stamped self-addressed envelope. - L M. I always have a coated tongue and usually always a' bad breath, please tell mo what yom think is tho matter. A This is probably due to con stipation or excessive oddity. For full particulars restate your ques tion and send a stamped self- addressed envelope. it . 4 II! affairs. "Jenks" Harding la sis prime was a large land holder in the section west of Gervals, and a bonanza farmer. A considerable acreage of the land is still in the ownership of the family. The consideration In the deed from the Hardlngs to Waldo was $eooo, and attached to it was a S revenue stamp; war or "nui sance'' tax of that period. It shows a profit to Harding of $4000 for the time he owned the property. On that acreage now are homes the aggregate value of which in normal times is perhaps $150,000, or much more; such homes as those of W. T. Jenks, Homer H. Smith, William McQil chrlst. Jr., H. A. Cornoyer, Karl Becke, the Kafourys, Poormans, Busicks, Pollocks, etc., etc. "a The 1871 and 1872 Salem Di rectory gives, in the list of resi dents: "Waldo, D., farmer, res. north end Summer," and "Waldo, Wm.. lawyer, bds. (boards) D. Waldo." The Waldo place was at "north end Summer" because that street then ran only to the Waldo land. It was opened when addi tions on the north of the original Wlllson claim were platted, by Judge R. P. Boise. After the passing of Daniel Waldo, his son, William, moved the main part of the big family house out to the street, corner Winter and Union, and he rebuilt for himself the dining room and kitchen of the original home, and there he lived until his death. That house is now in possession of the Pridays, occupied by Chas. R. Priday and his daughter, Faith. It is at 645 North Summer street; or rather that is the number, but It stands far back from the street, in or near its original location. The main part of the bid Waldo house, with the lot on which it stands, was acquired by John R. snd Anna M. Pollock, under deed recorded August 13, 1916. The house then faced TTninn atrAM They turned it half around, to face Winter, corner Union, made casement under It. and rear. ranged some of tha rnnmi But the historic building Is' sub- Bwuiwuj as ii was wnen occupied by the Daniel Waldo family. The front door is the nam th h,ov door, the front porch, etc., etc on- -foiiock is nronrletor nf the Salem Shoo Shop, is 5 South Liberty. The Pallor n th residence next north: but thar erected it, after turning the orig inal Waldo house half around. V b The Daniel Waldo famii ht big barn that stood east of the original location or tho house; northeast of the present Priday house, and also carriage and wa gon ShedS. etc Th Mr Hnnll tree, standing In Summer street. near union, is said to have been brought from California on horse back, in the late fifties or early sixties. It was then, of only h small tree. It was plant ed In the front yard of the Waldo house. Daniel Waldo was born la Vir ginia in 1800. He went ta Mis souri at tho ago of if, where ho resiaea in sc. cialr county until 1843, and was a neighbor of the Applegates. : Ho suffered from fevers in Missouri, and came with tho first covered waron train t erOSS the Blalna an .rK u v Willamette ralley and ho recov- rea .us neaitn oa tho plains Journey. Ho died at his homo la oaiem September 10, 1880. , L 4. L (When tho Waldos arrived, they SOUght for h!rh rrnrntA tm-m wanted to get above tho river hot toms wn ere they imagined fevers might prevail. Seeking a place for their donation eiafm th. went to tho hills east of where saiem now stands, it la mm un Waldo- Dleked tho location m, tho present town of Macleay. They were tho first settlers In . those hills tho Waldo hills, taking the Th IV ft i ier 8YN0rSIS Lela Carewe TW Night Clmb Lady", aad her guest, Christine Quires, are Mysteriously murdered ia tho ferssero apartment. Scer sieas were the lastrtmemts el death, Tho polko suspect Gey Everett, the last perse to see Christiae alire. Lela had blackmailed Everett. He, however, claims that Christiae dis covered a plot to kd Lola and feared for her own life. because of her knowledge. Police Commissioner Thatcher Celt leans that a young Paris bank clerk, aamed Basil Boa eher. loved Lola. After robbing a bank to bey her a rsbr, Basil dis appeared. His parents sold medical laboratory specimens. Mrs. Carewe, Lola's mother, became hysterical at tho meatiea of BasiL calling her daughter a beast and saying Lela aever loved aim. Edgar Quires, Christina's brother, left his Roches ter home for New York following; the receipt of a telegram the day of the murders. Christina was to have Inherited wealth shortly. Suspicion also points to Dr. Hugh Baldwia whea it is disclosed that he pur chased scorpions. He had stated heart failure caused the deaths. Colt, calling to question Baldwin, finds him dead from a scorpion bite I Mrs. Baldwia reveals that she knew her husband was Involved with Lola. Detectives report Baldwia met a man who gave him a box. Ia Bald win's desk the Commissioner finds a statement la which the doctor ex plains he accidentally poisoned Gay- lord GiBTord, Lola s husband. Lola s knowledge of this placed Baldwin ia her power. She forced him to supply narcotics which she used to victimize her friends aad later blackmailed them CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR TYPHIS is the woman to whom I I have been shackled in an un holy pact for the last several years. Will it seem to be strange if X confess that she has exercised over me a horrible and fantastic Influ ence ? How can we desire that which has made us suffer torment? No psychoanalytical theory has made that mystery dear to me, for they answer me only in words and I suffer in my nerves and tissues. I am home-loving man. I dearly love my wife and children. I could be happy and content, making a modest liv ing for them and living out my life in the quiet paths of my profes sion. It is Lola who has broken my wife's heart. It is she who has brought a cloud of suspicion, a plague of unhappiness into my home. How, then, is it that -when I am alone with her I try to hold her in my arms ? It is this, as mueh as anything else, that has made me so hate my own lue that l am quitting it. I feel unclean. Yet for whatever value it may be to the psychologist let me record it here and now that I did passionate ly desire this woman, who has held me in bondage and has treated me with contumely, with studied and continued insolence. "It was a queer relationship. I furnished drugs to many strange people. But even this was not the full extent of my operations. "All of this has been going on, ever since my friend died my friend, Gaylord Gilford, whom, un intentionally, I killed. Ia those years of what I may call my serf dom to Lola Carewe I believed that I knew the full extent of her wick edness. But recently my eyes were opened. I learned then what I had not before even dreamed of that in the range of this beautiful crea ture's crimes not even murder was excluded. "Specifically, what brought me to this realization waa a demand that she made upon me. It was an order that could have only one meaning. I was told that she wished me to obtain, through some laboratory supply agency, an insect whose bite would be instant death. She con fessed to me that someone very ira- J. B. Waldo, a son, was su premo Judge; and an anie one. William Waldo was county Judge, president of the Oregon senate. etc The daughters were married to prominent pioneers. One of them was tho wife of David Lo gan, legislator, member of the constitutional convention, candi- date for congress, etc "Sis" Waldo, prominent la tho early days, one of tho noted horseback riders of her time, etc, was the mother of George G. Brown, sec retary of tho state lend board. The Brown home, corner Union and Summer, wa built on the ori ginal Waldo home acreage in Sa lem. a S "a Daniel Waldo, prominent in many public matters In pioneer days, was a member oi the provi sional government legislature of 1844. He was maae one oi me district Judges at tho 184S second session, and county treasurer by the 1847 legislature. A party of which he' and Jesse Applegate were leaders attempted to make their way over tho snows of tho Siskiyous early in 1848, to take tho news of tho Whitman massacre and secure aid in holding back the threatened Indian' raid of tho Oregon settlements. . He was a member of tho commission that inaugurated tho movement to build tho Oregon A California railroad, now a part of tho South ern Pacific a "a Daa Waldo was one. of tho stockholders and directors of tho company that established tho Wil lamette woolen mill la Salem, pioneer factory of tho kind on this coast. When it was needy, ho loaned tho company money, in or der to aid It la expanding its oper ations.' and ho was rewarded for his help by realising handsome profits on tho use or tho rands bo invested and advanced. Daa Wal do belonged to tho class of men who pioneer la opening new coun tries and who lay foundations tor commonwealths and cities. When Bancroft's writers came to com pile tho history of Oregon they found him helpful la supplying reliable information concerning lviura KT'i i or tne in ignt r . i By AN TaONiY 1 AB B OT : " - - - - - -. I ! portaat to her meant to commit a murder I tell yea, she brazenly confessed this to me. j "I was horror-etricksa at this de mand. I looked at her,! as she sat before tho fireplace to her living room, as if she were sv fiend from hall. The devil, I thought, must be woman; I bad always believed him a man. What reason could Lola have for a poisonous insect unless murder were stirring In her own heart, her own head, yes, and her shapely white bands? She was the one who meant to kill! 1 uttered a postive! protest. 1 told her I would not do what she asked. It was tho first time that I had refused to do anything for her, since she had me ia her power. But she did not take my rebellion se riously. Tho very calmness with which she heard me revolt against her demands causeq me to feel the weakness of my stand. Since I had been taking orders from Lola Ca rewe, I had been wading deeper in crime all the time. Now she could denounce me to the police, not only for the death of her husband, from which I could have extricated my self, disgraced it Is true, but at least free but now I was guilty of half a thousand offenses that would send me to the Federal pris on in Atlanta. She told: me not to be silly. I finally told myself that she was right. I believed then that a freedom bought by i a murder would be better than to go to prison and fasten on my family the penal ties of my crimes. 1 "I did not stop to reason, then. that I would be only openinr the door to further enormities. Once Lola had been enmeshed in a mur der plot, I would, indeed, be owned by that woman. She could order me to kill as often as she liked. "But this I did not realize: then. I suppose I did realize it. to tell the truth, but overriding all such saner calculations was the one de sire to protect myself. I was afraid of Lola Carewe. Besides! what dan ger was I running to provide her with the little thing she asked an insect whose bite was positively deadly? How was I to know what she would use it for? "It was with such base and spe cious reasoning that L persuaded myself. I went to a Spanish youth whom I know Ricardo Yillafranca is his name and talked to him about my quest. Ricardo is the pro prietor of one of the ! laboratory supply houses with which I have dealt, in the past. He I specializes in Central and South American specimens. Ricardo told me that he believed a certain scorpion, very frequently found in the Durango region of Mexico, was the most cer tain in its death-dealing proclivi ties. He had one which; he ahowed me and upon my paying a fee, he let the scorpion free from its box and attack a dog. The death of the animal from that bite l was swift and terrible; In all myi experience as a physician I have never seen anything quite like it. More than once there has been one of the f rightful creatures in a little box on my desk here, close to my ear. I could hear a soft noise that it made in the box. Death within the reach of my hand and making soft noise! "But I must not let my morbid state of mind intervene between my purpose and this page. I must wnte the truth about Lola Carewe down on paper. At any moment am liable to be killed. For I did not realize that when I went on the errand of buying her : deadly in sects, she had fully resolved that I was to be one of her victims. "How did I know that? All la raue course, my friend you whom I do not know, but whose eyes now faO upon this manuscript. I gave the orders for the Durango scor pions. I told Lola that delivery was promised within four weeks. X re member that it was on Thanksgiv ing Day that X made her that prom ise. Many columns would be required to tell even briefly tho Waldo sa gas and relate the stories cluster ing around the old Waldo home In Salem, which was quite a man sion for Its time, and with the latchstring on the outside, and the rendezvous for many pioneer functions. When the Homer Smith house was built, a big oak stump that was a relic of the witness tree of the donation : claim line survey had to be blasted out. North Mill creek, back of the Waldo barn and carriage and wa gon sheds, provided; "the old swlmmin' hole" of the youths of Salem for a generation. : Old SHE'S PROUD V ':f ' "s J' . v ? N ? Hare Is the most recent photo to be made of Mrs. Sarah Jane Garner, mother of Speaker John Nanca Gar aerof Texas. The grand old woman, who has foUowed "Texas Jack's career with tho keenest lntereat since be lisped his first baby words, la InuaensefyaroBd that her boy has received the Democratic nomhoatioa tor Vice President of tho United . r i r At' lub liadv "Then I tried to forget about tho matter. I tried ta plunge into my practice, which had been suffering because of my other preoccupa tions. X tried to bo kinder to my wife aad children. I tried to pick up aQ tho threads of the old life, before this woman had come into myHfe. "But even that brief Interlude was not to bo allowed ta me. One night I was summoned to the pent house by an excited telephone call from Lola's mother. Incidentally, need I say that ray elSee was ia the same building with Lola only because she had commanded H so? I hurried upstairs ia tho elevator, for the call had caught mo at the office. I found that Christine Quires was CI; it was really a case of sim ple stomach disorder. But Christine was suffering considerable pain, and at first I wondered if Lola was about to put her on the drugs. But no that was not It. I was able to relieve Christine. I was alone ia the guest-room, attending to the wailing Christine, when I sudden ly became, without any intention to be that, a listener at an incrimi- ' nating conversation between Lola Carewe and Mr. Vincent Rowland. "I will confess this was a terrific shock to me. Ever since my college days I had known of Vincent Row land. He was-one nf New York's most glamorous old gentlemen. He i a patron of young people. struggling in the arts. How many poets and painters, novelists and playwrights could thank Vincent Rowland for a grub-stake while they worked on things they felt were precious! How much the sym phony orchestra owed to his large-handed generosity! What a powerful voice he was In all move ments for civic progtessl True. there were whispered tsles of his prodigality with his women friends. I could not condemn him for! that. I put him down as a dirty old gen tleman and let it go at that. "But what was this I was over hearing? It was unmistakably the voice of Vincent Rowland. He and Lola had been ta a night club to gether. Now he had brought her home. Neither Lola nor Rewland knew that I was in the house. They thought the occupants were laleep. They spoke off guard. "I heard Vincent Rowland say to Lola that he felt she should not take such risks. And I heard Lola impatiently demand what on earth he expected her to do not squeeze the last ounce of gold out of these suckers, -when it was there for the asking? My hair was standing on end. AH along I had thought of Lola Carewe as the head and front of all this offending. Now I was forced to believe the evidence of my own ears that the brain ef her plots lsy under the white and innocent seeming old head of Mr. Vincent Rowland. He was the spider ta the midst of the web. Rowland was the , man behind Lola Carewe. "I saw that Christine Quires un-' derstood perfectly. She, too, had heard. She motioned to me not to speak. We listened. What more we would have heard I do not know. But perhaps Chung appeared just then that yellow man was always showing up when you least expect ed him so perhaps it was Chung who told Lola that I was in the next room with Christine. "Distinctly I beard Lola gasp. The next instant the door was flung open. There stood Lola and her aged companion. They were looking in at as with Bluebeard eyes. Christine began 'to cry. I asked what waa the matter. They accused us of eavesdropping. I told them the truth. Then Lola's mother came and defended us. Lola calmed down. But I saw that gleam in Vincent Rowland's eyes. I knew he regard ed me as a danger. 1 knew that I would now have to watch out for myself. 1 .' He Continued) Coyrriht 1J1. by Orio-Fritrfg. tag. ' Distributed bj aUnf Fcatarca Syndicate. Iaa. Qulnaby, last of the Calapoola In dian tribe, used to saw the Waldo wood and get $1 a cord, when the Chinese price was only half that; and' Dan Waldo would chuc kle to himself as he paid the rack eteer bonus, for Qulnaby would hire Mongolians to do the work. while he loafed, and partook of the bounty in food exacted at the Waldo kitchen door. The question asked about town yesterday by Statesman reporters was: What is tho most amusing circumstance you have seen or read within the past week? Al Baker, student: "The wav those windows on the west aller side of the armory were Jammed wun nig and utile boys the night of the Reed-Jones match. Re minded mo of rounrsters crawlinar ander circus tents for sure." Joe Case, worker: "Tho thing I've been most amused about late ly is tho bickering over those col lege and university consolidation petitions. At least there are plen ty of sides to tho affair." Daily Thought Whatever strengthens and pur ifies tho affections, enlarges tiro imagination, aad adds spirit to sense, Is usefuL Shelley. DAHLS HOME EHOCTLY SH.VERTON, July ft. Mm. Arthur Dahl and two sons, lrth ar. Jr., and Raymond, have writ ten Mr. Dahl chief of Police at SUverton, that they plan to start homo la less than two two oka. They have been spending several weeks at tho homo of Mrs. Dahl'a parents, Mr. and Mrs. Halvor Jsl son. formerly of SUverton, bat now. of Garrosaa 8. D. On their return trip they will visit Mrs. Dahl's ststsr, Mrs. J. F. Beckett, New Views --"-- -j- - i weight. : name oi tne ram uy. tne earry aaya or this state. Ktatos, ! j who lives In Montana. i I -f